Deck 8 Flashcards

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Ratiocination

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logical

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Rarefy

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to purify

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Rebut

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to refute

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Recalcitrant

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rebel

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Recant

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to recall

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Recapitulate

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to review

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Recondite

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esoteric

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Redress

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relief

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Refectory

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dining room

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Relegate

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to assign

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Rejoinder

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a response

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Remission

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relaxation

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Remit

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to pay

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Remuneration

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wages

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Renege

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to break a promise

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Repast

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a meal

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Repose

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to relax

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Repudiate

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to reject

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Requiem

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funeral hymn

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Rescind

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to repeal

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Reticent

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reserved

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Ribald

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bawdy

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Rife

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widespread

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Risqué

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inappropriate

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Rococo

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ornamented

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Rostrum

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state

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Saccharine

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overly sweet

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Sacrosanct

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sacred

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Sagacious

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shrewd

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Salient

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jumping forth

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Salubrious

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healthy

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Savant

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learned person

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Scrivener

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copyist

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Scurrilous

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indecent

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Sedentary

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inactive

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Seminal

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related to beginnings

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Senescent

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aging

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Sententious

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moralizing

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Seraphic

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angelic

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Sinecure

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nominal job

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Slough

A

to discard

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Slovenly

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messy

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Sobriquet

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nickname

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Solecism

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grammatical mistake

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Solipsism

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extreme narcissism

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Sophist

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orator

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Soporific

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sleepy

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Sordid

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filthy

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Staid

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restrained

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Stand

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group of trees

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Stasis

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motionless